Fine motor skills are achieved when children learn to use their smaller muscles, like muscles in the hands, fingers, and wrists. Children use their fine motor skills when writing, holding small items, buttoning clothing, turning pages, eating, cutting with scissors, and using computer keyboards. This Activity-A-Day Calendar is for a two week period which is great for school holidays or an intense short term intervention. This program is aimed at supporting sensory modulation and integration, specifically utilizing tactile stimulating activities. How does it work? Simply print out the calendars and put them on the fridge. Each day includes various fun activities that can be completed with your child. It literally is as simple as that! Therapy made fun and easy!

This resource includes 64 colourful, fun and engaging clip cards to support students with exploring essential every day life safety skills in the following areas. Fire Safety Stranger Danger Hygiene Kitchen Safety Social Skills Online Behaviour Water Safety Protective Behaviours Students are encouraged to use clothes pegs to identify the right answer. An alternative can be to use a white board marker or simply point. There are 64 cards which are great for young learners including preschool, kindergarten, students with autism and special education needs. Print and laminate these cards and you will be able to use them for years to come! These are also great for reflective discussion as an extension activity.

SCISSOR AND TRACING TASK CARDS for early learners - Dinosaur Themed There are a total of 48 dinosaur themed scissor and tracing cards as well as 6 blank cards for student to create their own tracing and scissor lines should they wish. There is a variety of foundational shapes and formations ranging from straight to curved lines and everything in between needed for your child or students to develop pre-writing and writing development skills. These task cards encourage the student to control their pencil in the directional paths and strokes required for writing. These are bright, colourful and engaging cards which are great for early learners to develop and strengthen their fine motor skills. LAMINATE THESE TASK CARDS TO USE OVER AND OVER!

These printable cards help students to be able to identify their feelings and emotions. Supporting students to isolate their feelings and emotions and getting them to attribute them to the source can often be very difficult. Sometimes a little bit of extra support is needed to help build emotional literacy and development. My Feelings and Emotions cards include 24 cards in both colour and 24 cards in black/white outline (great for colouring in!) Cards include a visual and the written word. The cards include: mischievous, in love, shock, disgusted, jealous, calm, frustrated, courageous, bored, angry, confused, curious, embarrassed, disappointed, excited, grumpy, happy, nervous, proud, sad, scared, shy, silly and surprised.

This 46 page document includes tip sheets, handouts, activities and programs for early intervention in speech therapy. This document includes tip sheets, handouts, activities for the following: Ways to encourage first words Ways to encourage communication Answers when can I encourage my child’s language development Stages of communication How to grow vocabulary Receptive language (listening and understanding) Visuals – 101 Using signs to facilitate communication development Turn Taking Profile of Communication Skills Questionnaire Making Choices Teacher Tips to tempt communication Developing play skills And much much more….

This is a great quick and easy resource for students to reflect on a realistic situation that they might face in their everyday life. When they are faced with these situations they are faced with a decision and choice which would allow them to either be a Bucket Filler or a Bucket Dipper. This resource encourages students to shift from a negative and disempowering mindset to a positive and empowering mindset by filling their own and others BUCKETS. Students will have fun talking about helpful and unhelpful behaviours, thoughts and actions and differentiating the two. There are a total of 16 scenarios for reflection. This is a great activity that is versatile so can be used in many ways!

Tactile sensory stimulation involves the sensation of touch and texture. Tactile learning and touch is essential for a child’s growth in physical abilities, cognitive and language skills, and even social and emotional development. This Activity-A-Day Calendar is for a two week period which is great for school holidays or an intense short term intervention. This program is aimed at supporting sensory modulation and integration, specifically utilizing tactile stimulating activities. How does it work? Simply print out the calendars and put them on the fridge. Each day includes various fun activities that can be completed with your child. It literally is as simple as that! Therapy made fun and easy!

This 25 page program has been developed to provide ideas and activities to support a child to develop their communication skills. Inside this program, you will find activities and ideas for actions and gestures, singing songs and communicating at different times of the day. This program has been developed collaboratively by an Occupational Therapist, and Speech Therapist. Using Key Word Sign is introduced with clear visuals exploring how to use it within your child’s day to day life. This is a great program for children with autism, intellectual disabilities or communication delays. Great resource to print and provide to parents/ carers….

This Early Learning Resource is a great activity to support children to count, learn written number and numeral recognition as well as fine motor skills at the same time! Just print and laminate these templates for a re-usable resource that children can play with time and time again. Add some pegs and this will be a great addition to any early childhood environment. There are a total of 18 pages which includes 68 individual cards with numbers ranging from 1-20. This is a versatile resource and has been utilized well as a great whole class activity, group and individual work. This is all about making learning fun for our learners.

This speech therapy resource has been developed to assist you in teaching your child to use tactile cues as a means of enhancing their communication development. Tactile cues are used with some individuals who may requires further support to encourage communication development and to support existing communication skills. This may be children with Autism, intellectual disability and learning difficulties. This handout explores: What are tactile cues? Why use them? Introducing tactile cues into everyday life Program example of utilizing tactile cues for independent living skills

This early Learning Resource is a great activity to support children to learn key words, letter and sound recognition as well as fine motor skills at the same time! Just print and laminate these templates for a re-usable resource that children can play with time and time again. Add some pegs and this will be a great addition to any early childhood environment. There are a total of 25 pages which includes 96 individual cards. This is a versatile resource and has been utilized well as a great whole class activity, group and individual work. This is all about making learning fun for our learners.

SCISSOR AND TRACING TASK CARDS for early learners There are a total of 52 scissor and tracing cards as well as 6 blank cards for student to create their own tracing and scissor lines should they wish. There is a variety of foundational shapes and formations ranging from straight to curved lines and everything in between needed for your child or students to develop pre-writing and skills. These are bright, colourful and engaging cards which are great for early learners to develop and strengthen their fine motor skills. LAMINATE THESE TASK CARDS TO USE OVER AND OVER!

This one page handout is designed to support parents/carers to understand and implement basic strategies to build the child’s communication skills whilst meeting their needs and wants. To become good communicators, children must recognize that communication can meet their needs and wants. This way the child associates communication with something positive. For example, communication = getting needs/wants met. Your child must NEED and WANT to communicate. This document shows how you can implement strategies to increase the child’s development of communication skills.

This resource has been developed to support the Speech Therapy Goal of strengthening lungs for breathing and speaking. This resource includes visuals to support individuals to understand the program. There are numerous and specific exercises included to support this goal. This is a great handout to provide to parents and caregivers to reinforce and extend upon Speech Therapy goals. Additionally, some colouring pages which shows illustrates the “lungs” are included to support the individual to understand where the lungs are within their body.

The following 20 page “Supporting Communication in the Classroom” package includes information and strategies to support the development of communication within a classroom context. Overview of Contents include: • Communication – what is communication? How do we communicate? Levels of communication complexity. • Supporting Communication in the classroom – AAC in the classroom • The teachers role as a communication partner • Instructional Strategies – Prompts and Questions • Teaching Strategies • Strategies for Managing a Differentiated Classroom

This fun game of Teacher Says is based on the game “Simon Says” and is perfect to engage little learners! These can be used as a whole class activity which encourages gross motor skills and co-ordination. Ideal for early childhood educators to support students with following directions and developing and imitating movements. Simple put each of the cards in a jar and utilize them as you wish! These are colourful and engaging cards and are versatile! Simply laminate, cut and you can use this resource over and over for years to come!

Estrategias para apoyar a los niños con Ansiedad Anxiety and fearful behaviour can be common in children, especially as they come across new situations and experiences. This is quite typical and children often learn to cope with different fears and worries. At times however they may need some extra support. This five page document is great to isolate what is normal anxiety in children and provides strategies and interventions to support children who are experiencing concerning anxiety which requires support and intervention.

This 9 page resource has been developed for children with Autism or intellectual disabilities who require additional support to develop their communication skills. This program explores what is cueing hierarchy and how to implement it to build an individuals communication skill. Ideas and activities are provided for building vocabulary (individual and group activities) and explores visual scaffolds to support the individual to understand and retain information. Great resource to print and provide to parents/ carers….

There are a total of 28 peg cards which explores various school difficulties and problems. Each card includes one realistic problem that students can resonate with as well as reflective options to explore whether that problem is small or big. In addition a rating scale has been included to help the student reflect and isolate the severity and impact of the presenting problem. This is a great activity for individual or group counseling activity. Laminate the cards and use a white board marker or you can use pegs.

There are a total of 36 peg cards which explores various school difficulties and problems. Each card includes one realistic problem that students can resonate with as well as reflective options to explore whether that problem is small or big. In addition a rating scale has been included to help the student reflect and isolate the severity and impact of the presenting problem. This is a great activity for individual or group counseling activity. Laminate the cards and use a white board marker or you can use pegs.